For pharmaceutical sponsors running global clinical trials, logistics is up to half the cost — and the largest source of preventable delay. Four decades of senior expertise, distilled into one consulting engagement.
Vacutainers, swabs, requisition forms, temperature indicators. Each component to protocol. Sealed for a journey that hasn't yet begun.
Invoice. HS codes. Certificate of origin. Import permit. In emerging markets the paperwork is the shipment — pre-cleared before the first kit leaves the bench.
Service level, carrier, lane — chosen for this protocol, this country, this temperature window. Four decades of relationships, surfaced as a single routing decision.
Specimens at altitude. Customs clearance pre-staged. Dry-ice top-offs choreographed across time zones — the unseen ballet that holds your enrollment curve.
Seal intact. Temperature in range. Documentation complete. The protocol holds. Enrollment continues on schedule.
This is the only line that matters. Everything we engineer — the kit, the paperwork, the carrier, the cold chain, the clearance — exists for this moment.
Early-engagement support, optimized study setup, startup process design, and tailored operational models that help sites activate faster and reduce startup friction.
End-to-end logistics models spanning project management, specimen collection kits, global logistics, biorepository support, and integrated site/lab workflows.
Support for decentralized and hybrid trial logistics — home-visit workflows, field-team depot support, kit movement, and coordination of direct-from-patient models.
Lane-by-lane carrier selection, preferred-vendor strategy, rate benchmarking, formal RFP support, accessorial-charge control, and sponsor-friendly pass-through pricing governance.
Analysis and remediation of avoidable cost — weekend premiums, after-hours pickups, cancellations, no-show fees, wrong packaging, missed cut-offs, and unnecessary specialist-carrier use.
Regional labs, local partners, and local depots to reduce transit time, customs burden, and transportation spend while improving responsiveness and sample stability.
Regulatory support for IOR/EOR models, import-export planning, duties & tax handling, customs documentation strategy, and country-specific shipment workflows.
Monitoring and advising on changing regulations, shipping disruptions, holidays, strikes, natural disasters, and other country-specific risks that affect study logistics.
SOP alignment, global harmonization of handling practices, inspection-ready documentation, calibrated set-points, and quality frameworks across geographies.
Central, local, and hybrid depot model design; depot capability assessment; outsourced depot recommendations; setup instructions; and inventory-control models that shorten request-to-delivery.
Shipment design and process controls for ambient, refrigerated, frozen, deep-frozen, and LN2 — excursion prevention, validation, alarm systems, backup power, and QC-controlled environments.
Inbound/outbound dashboards, inventory monitoring, transit-time trending, lane-level reporting; courier SLAs, vendor scorecards, business reviews, and escalation management.
Our principals have led global clinical trial logistics at the highest levels of the industry — directing supply chain operations for the world's largest contract research organizations, integrated health networks, and global express carriers.
We bring that depth to a single offering: senior counsel, available in days, embedded directly into your program team. No hand-offs. No junior staff. No learning curve on your time.
Global supply chain leadership at the world's largest clinical research organizations.
International account leadership inside an integrated global express network.
Logistics direction inside one of America's largest integrated health networks.
Time-critical express distribution leadership for financial services delivery.
Two steps to a 30-minute scoping call with a senior principal. Confidential, replied to within 24 hours.
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